People with mental disorders live among us and their numbers are increasing. In 2015, Slovak psychiatrists examined approximately 406 758 patients. Up to 74 151 examined people were diagnosed for the first time.

Hss-MOST is a non-profit organization which has been helping introverted people with mental disorder, especially schizophrenia and affective disorders, for 24 years. We create conditions for as much independence in everyday life as possible for the adults with mental disorders and by doing so we lift the weight off their families' shoulders.

These are the projects for our clients of the past three years that we consider the most significant:

• Capacity expansion of the rehabilitation centre which provides its services to 41 people
• Capacity expansion of subsidized housing from originally 4 to 9 clients (two flats – one for women and the other for men)
• Providing social services, namely social counselling for the general public, in 2018 we provided 62 individual consultations
• We successfully introduced a pro bono psychotherapy for people in crisis (our psychotherapists provided up to 146 psychotherapeutic sessions in 2018)
• In 2012, we were awarded a WHO Slovakia prize for the innovative and long-time work.
• Help with returning to life significantly changes the quality of life of clients and their relatives.

Psychotic disorder usually appears for the first time at the age, when people are preparing to start their lives. Many of our clients never worked before or worked only for a short period of time. Not only the mental disorder but also the approach of people around them give them only few opportunities to truly find out what they are capable of in their life. Neither the people around them nor themselves have a realistic idea about the possible degree of independence in their everyday life.